Question:
Is this narration authentic?
Buying for one’s family and carrying it:
“Whoever buys something for his family and then carries it with his hands to them the sin of seventy years will be forgiven from him.”
Answer:
This narration is recorded in Musnadul Firdaws.
Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reported that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever buys something for his family and carries it with his with his own hands, seventy years of sins will be wiped off.”
(Musnadul Firdaws, Hadith: 5913)
However, the Muhaddithun have declared this narration a fabrication. It is therefore not suitable to quote.
(Refer: Al Maqasidul Hasanah, Hadith: 613, Tanzihush Shari’ah, vol. 2 pg. 197)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar